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Hand X-ray at Platte County Hospital

201 14th Street, Wheatland, WY · Banner Health · · NPI 1265469506

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 12, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$269.49

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$356.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$170.88 with United Healthcare vs $348.88 with Prime Health Services — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United Healthcare Nebraska Medicaid/CHIP $170.88 ↓ -37%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $202.92 ↓ -25%
Humana Medicare Advantage $202.92 ↓ -25%
Medica Medicare Advantage $202.92 ↓ -25%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $202.92 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $202.92 ↓ -25%
InterWest Health Medicare Advantage $206.98 ↓ -23%
Prime Health Services Medicare Advantage $206.98 ↓ -23%
Platte County Detention Center Platte County Detention Plan $284.80 ↑ +6%
United Healthcare Commercial $336.78 ↑ +25%
Medica Commercial $337.84 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Institutional $338.20 ↑ +25%
First Choice Health Network Commerical $338.20 ↑ +25%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $338.20 ↑ +25%
Imagine Health, LLC (wka WISE Provider Network) WISE PPO $338.20 ↑ +25%
Mountain Health Cooperative (CO-OP) Mountain Health Plan $338.20 ↑ +25%
Coventry Commercial $341.76 ↑ +27%
Coventry Workers Comp $341.76 ↑ +27%
First Health Medical Rental $341.76 ↑ +27%
Midlands Choice Commercial $341.76 ↑ +27%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY Commercial $345.32 ↑ +28%
InterWest Health Auto & General Liability $345.32 ↑ +28%
InterWest Health Group Health $345.32 ↑ +28%
Multiplan Commercial $345.32 ↑ +28%
Prime Health Services Auto & General Liability $345.32 ↑ +28%
Prime Health Services Group Health $345.32 ↑ +28%
InterWest Health Workers' Comp $348.88 ↑ +29%
Prime Health Services Worker's Comp $348.88 ↑ +29%

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Hand X-ray at other Wyoming hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Wyoming Medical Center Casper $78.96 $50.76 – $182.36
Community Hospital Torrington $250.62 $156.64 – $345.32
Washakie Medical Center Worland $272.70 $9.12 – $18.43

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